South Carolina § 61-6-4140 Employment of persons under the age of twenty-one years.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 61-6-4140 — Employment of persons under the age of twenty-one years.

South Carolina § 61-6-4140

Title 61ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Ch. 6ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL ACT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 61-6-4140 (2026).

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It is unlawful for a person under the age of twenty-one years to work as an employee or otherwise in a retail, wholesale, or manufacturing liquor business or business establishment or for a person knowingly to employ another person under the age of twenty-one years in one of these businesses or business establishments. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:

(a)for a first offense, by a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days;

(b)for a second offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for sixty days; and (c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three hundred dollars or imprisonment for ninety days.

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It is unlawful for a person under the age of twenty-one years to work as an employee or otherwise in a retail, wholesale, or manufacturing liquor business or business establishment or for a person knowingly to employ another person under the age of twenty-one years in one of these businesses or business establishments. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows: (a) for a first offense, by a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days; (b) for a second offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for sixty days; and (c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three hundred dollars or imprisonment for ninety days.